County Team Page

14th Mar 2010	vs Herts and Kent A & B Squads. Dame Alice Owens School. EN6 2DU. Please meet 9.20am
	0 - 0 vs Herts. Though the team started their first county game fairly strogly they were unable to convert their several chances into goals. This pattern continued in the second half so Herts escaped with a draw. 0 - 2 vs Kent A. Against a strong, physical Kent side the team played well below their potential and let Kent take the early initiative. After several good saves from keeper Nic Rhodes the inevitible goal was scored just before half time. Kent continued to pressure the defence after the interval and were soon 2 - 0 up. Any attacks Essex did manage to produce were well dealt with by the Kent defence who were never really put under any serious pressure so the scoreline stayed at 2 - 0 to Kent. 0 - 0 vs Kent B. Against a still physical but less skilful Kent B team Essex made a couple of positional changes and played a much better game. The defence, now much more secure, dealt with the infrequent attacks well and slowly the team began to put some good moves together. However they were still unable to convert their chances into goals.
28th Mar 2010	vs Kent A and B squads at Maidstone HC, Armstrong Rd ME15 6AZ Meet 12.30.
	Full details will be sent out by post on Thursday, 18th March.
18th Apr 2010	vs Beds. BEDFORD HOCKEY CENTRE, Chester Rd, Queen's Park, Bedford.MK40 4HL Meet 12.20
	Beds 2 : Essex 5 Essex again started slowly and let Beds take the early initiative in the first of three twenty minute sessions even though captain Chloe Menear did her utmost to hold the defence together with many important tackles. Essex rarely managed to work the ball out of their own half and were too often caught in possession or their passes were misdirected. They were probably lucky to only concede one goal during this period. After a couple of positional changes by the coaches during the first break the team started to play better and were soon rewarded with a goal by Lily-Mai. Bryony Pipe playing at centre half instead of her usual right half position gained in confidence as play progressed and was soon helping set the forwards on the attack. Faster and more accurate passing resulted in a further two goals before the second break. Lily-Mai was soon on the scoresheet again when the Beds goalkeeper let in her hard, first time shot from a short corner between her pads. The 5th and final Essex goal came from a well worked move out of defence which was quickly played up to the forwards by Emily before Annabel slipped the ball to Lily-Mai who was unmmarked in the circle and calmly put her shot wide of the exposed keeper. Unfortunately a tiring defence allowed Beds to score a sloopy consolation goal just before the final whistle.
25th Apr 2010	U13 Festival UEA Norwich, NR4 7TJ 9.45am meet in the Sports Hall Foyer

Player	Club	School/College
Jess Burns		Brentwood
Charlotte Caddies	Brentwood	Brentwood
Josephine Carver	Brentwood	Brentwood
Bethany Fortune	Upminster	Coopers Coborn & Company
Ailish Hunt		New Hall
Claire Mason	Chelmsford	Chelmsford CHS
Chloe Menear	havering	Coopers Coborn & Company
Georgia O'Connor	Old Loughts	Chigwell
Emily Ottaway	Maldon Little Baddow	Plume
Bryony Pipe	Maldon Little Baddow	Plume
Nicola Rhodes	Chelmsford	Chelmsford CHS
Kate Rockiff	Chelmsford	William de Ferrers
Kyra Schlachter		Brentwood
Annabel Smith		Bancrofts
Ellie Stockwell	Chelmsford	Chelmsford CHS
Hannah Sydenham	Old Loughts	Bancrofts
Lily-Mai Tsang	Brentwood	Brentwood
Elizabeth Tyler	Brentwood	Brentwood

Coach	Alex Carter
Assistant Coach(es)	Emily Wynne. Georgia Heron
Manager	Sue Hoare